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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stealing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

88 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
stealing9341660(None) 
sealing83528561s_ealing
shealing123415461shealing
staling83925421st_aling
steading103613591steading
stealings10318851stealings
steaming114013211steaming
steeling93615141steeling
sterling93615551sterling
dealing94323232_dealing
healing113922962_healing
metaling111613722metaling
pealing104123202_pealing
scaling103519372s_caling
seaming103222112s_eaming
searing83330922s_earing
seating84130682s_eating
seedling102610952seedling
seeling83522002s_eeling
selling83225832s_elling
settling978942settling
sheafing15329482sheafing
shealings13317562shealings
shearing123915902shearing
shearling1336922shearling
sheaving154110252sheaving
shelling123515212shelling
shoaling123111752shoaling
skoaling13227212skoaling
sleaving123310982sleaving
smearing113511752smearing
smelling113712722smelling
sneaking133211092sneaking
sneaping11349492sneaping
snelling93913562snelling
speaking153212492speaking
speaning113512242speaning
spearing113216102spearing
speeling112713122speeling
speiling113612972speiling
spelling113315232spelling
squealing1935152squealing
stabling112913652stabling
staging93818372st_aging
staking123919802st_aking
stalking133512222st_alking
stalling95116702stalling
staning83922242st_aning
stapling112813152stapling
staring84527052st_aring
starling93017122starling
stating83725162st_ating
staving113915702st_aving
staying114017322st_aying
steadings11307082steadings
steadying14154502steadying
stearin7312002stearin_
stearine8311902stearine
stearins8312142stearins
steeking133411352steeking
steeping113412582steeping
steering93916792steering
steeving12359652steeving
stemming13408202stemming
stepping13329072stepping
sterlings10308752sterlings
stetting93410712stetting
stewing113412492ste_wing
stifling122110912stifling
stilling93415322stilling
stooling93113132stooling
strafing122111192strafing
strawing122411622strawing
straying122912692straying
streaking142010322streaking
streaming12239652streaming
streeling10189482streeling
styling112910652st_yling
swearing123711442swearing
sweating123213022sweating
swelling123212752swelling
teaming103917592_teaming
tearing84021492_tearing
teasing83918512_teasing
teazling1856572_teazling
telling83321082_telling
vealing114217422_vealing
yealing112716382_yealing

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059883.62633386.4
3Display Results88880.0461913.0
 (SQL Overall)178691884.10843498.3
 
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